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|video game name= Doctor Who: The First Adventure | |video game name= Doctor Who: The First Adventure | ||
|image= [[file:DW_VG_1st_Adv_cover.jpg|240px]] | |image= [[file:DW_VG_1st_Adv_cover.jpg|240px]] | ||
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|publisher= [[BBC Software]] | |publisher= [[BBC Software]] | ||
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|release date= [[1983]] | |release date= [[1983]] | ||
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'''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in Autumn[[1983]] on the [[Wikipedia:BBC Micro|BBC Micro]]. | '''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in Autumn [[1983]] on the [[Wikipedia:BBC Micro|BBC Micro]]. | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]], [[Wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]], [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]] and [[Wikipedia:Battleship (video game)|Battleship]]. | The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]], [[Wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]], [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]] and [[Wikipedia:Battleship (video game)|Battleship]]. | ||
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==Guide== | ==Guide== | ||
The following guide and screenshots are taken from the [[Radio Times]] [[Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special]] | The following guide and screenshots are taken from the [[Radio Times]] [[Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special]] | ||
===Episode one=== | ===Episode one=== | ||
The Doctor has to escape from the Labyrinth of Death, whose other inhabitants, the evil weevils of Ourouborous Vl, are anxious to make a meal of him. But the Doctor must collect the three segments of the Key to Time. And the proximity-worms are wriggling nearer and nearer … | The Doctor has to escape from the Labyrinth of Death, whose other inhabitants, the evil weevils of Ourouborous Vl, are anxious to make a meal of him. But the Doctor must collect the three segments of the Key to Time. And the proximity-worms are wriggling nearer and nearer … | ||
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===Episode three=== | ===Episode three=== | ||
The Doctor has found the Invasion Plans, the Key to Power, The Tree of Knowledge, the Elixir of Life and the Winner of the next Grand National, but he must get back to the Tardis. In the way is the Great Space-Time Void, domain of the deadly Terrordactyls … | The Doctor has found the Invasion Plans, the Key to Power, The Tree of Knowledge, the Elixir of Life and the Winner of the next Grand National, but he must get back to the Tardis. In the way is the Great Space-Time Void, domain of the deadly Terrordactyls … | ||
===Episode four=== | ===Episode four=== | ||
If they escape to tell the tale, the Doctor and his companion must cross another part of the galaxy in the trusty Tardis. On the viewing screen appears the mysterious Box of Tantalus (Minor). To end their journey, they must find and destroy the invisible monsters who lurk in the Box; and Time, as always, is running out … | If they escape to tell the tale, the Doctor and his companion must cross another part of the galaxy in the trusty Tardis. On the viewing screen appears the mysterious Box of Tantalus (Minor). To end their journey, they must find and destroy the invisible monsters who lurk in the Box; and Time, as always, is running out … | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 07:41, 19 August 2011
Doctor Who: The First Adventure was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in Autumn 1983 on the BBC Micro.
The Fifth Doctor makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including Pac-Man, Frogger, Space Invaders and Battleship.
While this was the first licensed Doctor Who video game, it was shortly preceeded by Doctor Who Adventure[1]. BBC Software soon followed up with Doctor Who and the Warlord.
Guide
The following guide and screenshots are taken from the Radio Times Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special
Episode one
The Doctor has to escape from the Labyrinth of Death, whose other inhabitants, the evil weevils of Ourouborous Vl, are anxious to make a meal of him. But the Doctor must collect the three segments of the Key to Time. And the proximity-worms are wriggling nearer and nearer …
Episode two
The Doctor has made it out of the Labyrinth, but discovers that his delectable companion has been imprisoned in the awesome Space Citadel, a fortress defended by a moat teeming with monsters. The Doctor knows he must blow the castle up; but the explosive charges must be carried across the moat first …
Episode three
The Doctor has found the Invasion Plans, the Key to Power, The Tree of Knowledge, the Elixir of Life and the Winner of the next Grand National, but he must get back to the Tardis. In the way is the Great Space-Time Void, domain of the deadly Terrordactyls …
Episode four
If they escape to tell the tale, the Doctor and his companion must cross another part of the galaxy in the trusty Tardis. On the viewing screen appears the mysterious Box of Tantalus (Minor). To end their journey, they must find and destroy the invisible monsters who lurk in the Box; and Time, as always, is running out …
Gallery
Footnotes
- ↑ Howe, David J., Stammers, Mark, Walker, Stephen James, 1997, Doctor Who: The Eighties, Doctor Who Books, an imprint of Virgin Books, London, p.166
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